Door weather strip



Dec. 20, 1938. K1 @R LE NER 2,140,844

DOOR WEATHER S TRIP Filed March 29, 1937 INVENTbR.

Yum Mirus Leuschner BY v ATTORNEYS provement in'these in materially cheapening and 4. The combination of a door closure provided 10 Patented Dec 20,1938 2,140,844

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE s.14o,s44 noon. waarnna sran Kurt Mirus- Leuschner, Detroit, Mich., assignor to General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware I Application March 29, 1937; Serial No. 133,559 8 Claims. (CI. -89) This invention relates to the attachment of and be clinched in place by tuming over the a Weatherstrip to doors, particularly an automotongues. bile door provided with an overlap flange. All 3. The combination of a door provided with sorts of ways have been proposed for attaching an overlap'flange having an initially upstanding 5 weather-sealing to the overlap flanges oi refrigtongue and a Weatherstrip provided with a recess I erator doors and automobile doors, such for inadapted to befltted over the tongue which is stance as nailing, snap fasteners, snap clips, cewholly concealed in the Weatherstrip and'clinched' menting, etc. in place by turning the tongue over on a portion The present invention is believed to be an im of the Weatherstrip.

expediting the work in. making the attachment. with a door overlap flange having tongues biased In the drawing: x with respect to the general franie oi the door Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of an autoand a Weatherstrip locked to the door by means mobile body equipped with the Weatherstrip. of being fitted over the biased tongues and the 15 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective 01' a door tongues turned down to clinch the Weatherstrip 1s pillar showing the Weatherstrip in place. to the door. a?

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same showing 5. The combination of a sheet metal door prothe Weatherstrip in process of attachment. vided with an overlap flange with a plurality of Fig. 4 is a cross section showing the weatherinitially upstanding tongues struck out oi. said 0 strip in its final position. 7 flange and a Weatherstrip in the form of a strip 50 I-'he metal door post comprises a door facing i having a continuous groove arranged to *be fitted that is folded out and under the fold-over door over the tongues and the tongues turned down lap flange 2 which is part ofthe outside panel to clinch the Weatherstrip to the overlap flange or stamping and which may be called the reveal of the door. at the window opening. The reveal is designated 6. The combination of adoor provided witha 3 but inasmuch as the overlap flange extends sheet metal initially upstandingtongue and a all around the door, this member will'be referred Weatherstrip of sponge rubber having however a to as the panel 4. This overlap flange has tongues groove and a solid rubber flange adjacent the 5 punched out of the panel material in a bias groove, the said Weatherstrip arranged to be position. A rubber strip 6 which is preferably fitted over. the tongue which passes into the soft rubber and sponge rubber except for the v groove and the tongue be turned down over the v flange portion 1 is used as the Weatherstrip. This solid rubber flange to clinch the Weatherstrip rubber strip has a groove in its basedesignated. to the door. 8 and this' is adapted to straddle the biased '7. The combination of a sheet metal door protongues 5 as shown in Fig. 3. The strip may vided with an overlap flange with a plurality of a then be hammered down in a position shown initially upstanding tongues struck out or the in Fig. 4 where the tongue 5 becomes a locking flange'blased toward the edge of said door and tongue. v a Weatherstrip in the, form of. a strip having a At the sharp corners of the door where the continuous groove arranged to be fitted over the 40 door facing l' curves away from the overlap flange tongues and the tongues turned down to clinch 2, Fig. '2, tongues 8 are punched out of theinner the Weatherstrip to the overlap flange in abut-- panel III of the door facing. These tongues l ment with the edge of said door. I areused in the same manner as tongues I to lock 8. The combination of a sheet metal door pro-- the rubber strip I in place adjacent the rounded vided with an overlap flange substantially at corners of the door facing. right angles tothe edge of said door, a plurality I claim: of initially upstanding tongues struck out of said 1. The combination of a door or closure. hav-- flange biased toward the edge of said door, and ing an initially upstanding tongue. '9. weatheraweathersttipoi sponge rubber having however strip having a ess concealed when the weath} groove and a solid rubber flange adjacent the: erstripis sea in place. fitting over .the'tongue" "'groove, the said Weatherstrip arranged to be 5 and clinchedin place by turning over the tongue. fltted over the tongue whichfipasses into the 2; The combination of o door or closure havgroove, the tongue to be turned down over the ing a sheet metal member providedwitif initially solid rubber-{flange to clinch the Weatherstrip upstanding tongues and a westherstrip provided in abutting relationship to said overlap flange and a with a groove concealed when the weather-strip to the edge of said door. I Y i seated in place, adapted to fit over the tongues KURT mos-woodman. 

